The Container Store

Apr 6th, 2024

Apr 5th, 2024

Lots of containers but expensive.
Apr 3rd, 2024

Mar 8th, 2024

If you are used to using the original design of Elfa shelving, you might not like the new track. They now recommend installing the track below the header and using drywall anchors where you dont have stud. The original design recommended putting the track on the header, which is a much better, much more stable installation. IMO. Also, the new track has slots on the top edge which facilitate sliding on the standard. If your track screws are not absolutely perfectly flush with the track, youll have difficulty sliding the standard along the track. This was not the case with the original design. Youd angle in the standard and the top of the standard would fit underneath a lip on the top edge of the track. That is no longer the case. The cost of the shelving is out of control. You can get track shelving at Home Depot or just order a clothes hanging rig or closet unit from Amazon or Wayfair. Much less money. Finally, I found the staff to be somewhat surly and condescending in this store. The container store is just another greed driven, corporate operation. I will say that the freestanding Elfa basket units are probably one of the better products sold there. I would still give those a thumbs up. Final comment. The seasoned Elfa design person was openly critical of me for possibly not having the screw heads exactly flush with the track. There is no counter-sink on the track. There is almost no tolerance between the face of the track and the standard to accommodate a slight defect with placement of the screw head. Imperfect screw head placement never mattered with the original track system because you did not have to slide the track over the screwheads. You could simply place them where you wanted when you hung them.
Mar 26th, 2024